CIS Handbook

The <em>Regional Handbooks of Economic Development</em> series provides accessible overviews of countries within their larger domestic and international contexts focusing on the relations among regions as they meet the challenges of the twenty first century. <p/> The series allows the non-specialist student to explore a wide range of complex factors-social and political as well as economic-that affect the growth of developing regions in Asia Europe and South America. Each <em>Handbook</em> provides an overview chapter discussing the region's economic conditions within an historical and political context as well as 20 or more chapter-length essays written by recognized experts which analyze the key issues affecting a region's economy: its population natural resources foreign trade labor problems and economic inequalities and other vital factors. <p/> In addition the volumes offer useful support materials including a series of appendices that include a detailed chronology of events in the region a glossary of terms biographical entries on key personalities an annotated bibliography of further reading and a comprehensive analytical index.